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Pure Pleasure

Item

Title
Pure Pleasure
Rights
Duke University. Educational Fair Use.
Creator
John E. Brennan Outdoor Advertising

Date
June 15, 1963 C.E.
Description
The billboard is covering a previous advertisement that is slightly seen, but unreadable, underneath the white background. The words “Pure” are in red, above a vanilla ice cream bar. The word “PLEASURE” is written with each letter being a different color or orange red and pink. An Inuit child in traditional clothing sits on the letter L with an ice cream in hand. Below in black is “ESKIMO PIE” and below that in smaller red font is “ICE CREAM” On the billboard frame, on a black label is the word “MARKHAM,” written in yellow.

Format
Billboard
Language
English.
Publisher
John E. Brennan Outdoor Advertising Survey Reports
Contributor
Vontrice Lemell
Identifier
duke:198303
BRE0028
Subject
Billboard; Inuit; Indigenous People; food; ice cream; Eskimo; outdoor advertising.
Source
Jpg file. Duke University.11/04/2021. https://repository.duke.edu/dc/outdooradvertising/BRE0028
Site pages
Advertising